Deliberate Asking

Jul 18

Wes GeorgeUncategorized View Comments

The Bible states in 1 Samuel 1:19 that  ”the LORD remembered Hannah.”  God in His omniscience never forgot Hannah nor has He forgotten anything in the past, present, or future.  Scripture is declaring that God remembered what Hannah had asked for in prayer.  She had asked for a son.  I am convicted that so much of my asking is so generic that it is difficult to tell whether God granted what I asked for or not.

As we discuss reaching the next generation on Sunday mornings, without question, the key strategy from Scripture is prayer.  Despite our contextualization, marketing, and culturally relevant connecting; if God does not act in grace and power, there will be no reaching of anyone.  That’s why we need to be deliberate in our asking.  First, we need to know what to ask for.  Prayer is not an indifferent expression of God you know what you want to do or what you are going to do, so go ahead and do it.  Prayer must be informed.  We can be informed first by our study of Scripture.  God’s will and His past patterns are revealed through Scripture.  A study of culture, trends, and patterns of people we desire to reach is also helpful.  Informed prayers will be more specific.  Specifically answered prayer causes us to grow in faith and grace.  Answered prayer is also an instrument of influence among those who are not yet followers of Christ.  It seems almost trite and been said many times before; but prayer is certainly more important than we could ever know and the most untapped resource of power for everything that God desires to do in our lives.  Until next time. . .Wes

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